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Ring in 2021 with Law Library of Congress U.S. Law Webinars

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The Law Library’s Public Services Division staff is welcoming the new year by providing two legal research webinars this month, and we invite you to celebrate with us! Please see further information about these webinars, below.

New Year's reception, 1921. National Photo Company collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

New Year’s reception, 1921. National Photo Company collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. //loc.gov/pictures/resource/npcc.22539/

Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law

Date: Thursday, January 14, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST

Content: Provides participants with an introduction to legal sources and research techniques regarding U.S. case law research, including information about the U.S. federal court system, the publication of court opinions, methods for researching case law, and information about locating records and briefs.

Instructor: Barbara Bavis – bibliographic and research instruction librarian at the Law Library. Barbara holds a BA in history from Duke University, a JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law, and a Master of Science in Library and Information Science with a specialization in law librarianship from the Catholic University of America.

Registration: Please register online by clicking here.

Orientation to Law Library Collections

Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST

Content: Provides participants with a basic overview of the Law Library’s collections and services, focusing particularly on our online resources.

Instructor: Margaret M. Wood – senior legal reference librarian. Margaret holds a BA in history from Oberlin College and a Master of Science in Library Science from the Catholic University of America.

Registration: Please register online by clicking here.

Further, we suggest visiting our Legal Research Institute page for information on classes throughout the year, including the Law Library’s Foreign and Comparative Law webinars, for which we will publish separate blog posts.

Law Library Story Map Collection Begins

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The Digital Resources Division is proud to introduce the first two Story Maps highlighting our collections. These Story Maps are a preview to the information contained in the United States Congressional Serial Set, which the Law Library continues to prepare for digitization. City Sketches and the Census highlights the 1880 Census Office report, published in […]

Tip of the Congressional Iceberg Redux

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Ten years ago, I wrote a post about some of the questions we typically receive at the start of a new Congress. Though it is still a helpful post (in my opinion at least), we thought it might be useful to update this information, as in 2011, we were using our now-retired legislative system, THOMAS. […]

Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top 20 in 2020

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Earlier this month, Margaret shared the enhancements to the Congress.gov Help Center and additional Congresses added to our Bound Congressional Record collection. One of the behind-the-scenes items that we worked on for the latest release was to prepare Congress.gov for the new 117th Congress. We also have been working to make our saved search alerts […]

A Holiday Message from Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez

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This is a guest post by Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez. I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone for your unwavering support of the Law Library of Congress during this challenging year. We faced incredible obstacles and sudden transitions this year. Through it […]

Memorial Hall – Pic of the Week

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This pic of the week features the Madison Building, which is part of the of the Washington, D.C., campus of the Library of Congress. The Jefferson Building is known for its palatial design, but the Madison Building has its charms, too. You can learn more about each of these buildings by taking an online tour. […]

It’s Bananas: The Role of “Banana-gate” as a Contributing Factor to the Passing of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977

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The following is a guest post by Steven Hughston Vasil, a 2020 summer intern working remotely with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. He is a current graduate student pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. On December 19, 1977, President Jimmy […]

Hidden Treasures of the Law Library of Congress

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The Law Library of Congress is known for being the world’s largest law library, with a collection of over 2.9 million volumes spanning the ages and covering virtually every jurisdiction in the world. Its collection encompasses the largest and most comprehensive legal collection in the world. Our reading room contains legal treatises by subject, annotated […]